About
Developer
Crew Call and Production Hub have been built from the ground up by Bradley Andrew. Alongside software development, Brad also works freelance in the Australian Film Industry as a VTR Operator and Digital Imaging Technician.
Previously Brad founded Film Drives, a company providing high end storage solutions tailored specifically to the Film Industry.
Our Story
2019
In the pursuit of a smoother invoicing experience, Brad developed a simple tool using FileMaker Pro which would breakdown your overtime based on the start and finish times you entered. This was shared with other freelance crew who found it to be super useful.
‘It was a handy tool but I always thought one day I’d like to build it out to make something even better.’
2020
When the COVID-19 Pandemic set in, Brad used his time in lockdown learning to code Swift. ‘I got to a point where I needed some revision, so I started prototyping a slider that would let you select a specific time.’
Brad kept developing the prototype for fun and eventually thought ’this could be a useful product’. In October 2020, V1.0 of Crew Call was launched on the App Store.
2021
Based on crew feedback, Crew Call was rapidly developed to build out new functionality that would be useful on set. This started with the modular overtime system and expanded to include night loadings, rule based penalties and turnarounds as well as many other features.
‘It was great talking with people and learning what they needed, this informed my development roadmap. Crew would be stoked when they’d ask for a feature and a few days later I’d have it built and pushed out in an update.’
2022
Early in the year an opportunity came up to provide a complete time tracking solution for a TV Series. Brad worked closely with the Line Producer to flesh out the concept and feature set of what is now ‘Production Hub’.
‘I was working to a very short deadline. I built Production Hub, setup the cloud backend and integrated the functionality into Crew Call in around 3 Weeks.’
The focus for the rest of the year is to keep building out the Crew Call ecosystem and making better tools for film crew.